Where to buy a 501x from??

[Colinevan]

Right, iv just sold 2 B4's today and a spare unused zx-5...Sooooo !

i reckon i'll have a nice 501 to try

I always try and support the uk industry, however £360ish for the car, is still quite dear. Iv seen it as low as £240ish on the likes of ebay etc.

Iv had a look at champs site, however they list 2 cars with 2 prices, does anyone know what the differences are between the 2, Im unsure on whether they will understand me if i email them.

Is there any other suppliers that you would reccommend me to use to obtain a car? If so, please either pm me or reply here.


Thanks

Col.

[DCM]

one is just the car, the other is with hop-ups included.

As for the UK, I am not sure if Hobby Co had a second batch, their first batch of 10 is sold.

[Colinevan]

There is a few in restock now though, its just the price that i think is putting off uk buyers. I rang them on friday to see how the stock situation is.

Col.

[Colinevan]

Ah! the hopups included. Do you know what that package would consist of?

From my calcualtions, It looks like the car on its own comes in at around £194 and the other price is at around £274.

Thanks

Col.

[Dunc]

Hi Col,

From memory I believe the hop-ups included in the RC-Champ pack are:

- a front one-way
- a Tamiya Volac ESC (basically a KO-Propo VFS-1)
- a set of Pro-Line tyres

It's probably not much use to most. Champ do the front one-way for around £12 on its own.

I purchased my kit from them and was more than happy with the service.

Hope that helps!

Andy.

[TRF_Tastic]

Champ all the way, fast efficient service..

[joffacn]

Hi

Do they have english on their site?

Jeff

[TRF_Tastic]

No you have to email them, they then send you an email in return with the prices on, you then send payment and confirmation and hey presto car on the way.
[email protected]

[dan_kitty]

who is this Hobby Co you speak of? and where is thier website?
thanks

[jimmy]

Hobby Co is Tamiya UK - website? nah.

[DCM]

they got a website, but it is only a dealer login...

[dan_kitty]

so no where in uk to buy this car yet?
What sort of pecentage is duty for buying abroad?
ta

[Alan1467]

Originally Posted by dan_kitty

so no where in uk to buy this car yet?
What sort of pecentage is duty for buying abroad?
ta

if you work on 25% you will not be to far out

Alan

[HairySteve]

I spoke to the hobby co rep today and he told me they were unlikely to be getting any more 501's in, even after I told him how many people have got them and like them. There are 3 racing regularly at the club where I race and only 1 of them (mine!) came from the uk... If you take into account postage and customs, you'd not be saving a massive amount getting the car from champ, but it's the simple fact that champ have them (and the spares backup!) and hobby co do not. Shame.
-Steve

[jimmy]

Champ had over 50 at release and reply to emails - hey, more than Tamiya UK in both regards
Tis a shame though - they would certainly sell them.

[bert digler]

Originally Posted by jimmy

Champ had over 50 at release and reply to emails - hey, more than Tamiya UK in both regards
Tis a shame though - they would certainly sell them.

tamiya uk is a joke back in the day all u seen was tamiya in the mags riko was a good supplier this hobbyco are a bunch of muppets

[jimmy]

I think you should stop holding back and say how you really feel

[bert digler]

Originally Posted by jimmy

I think you should stop holding back and say how you really feel

its the truth mate

[bert digler]

i tell it as it is

[Colinevan]

Just an update really....

Iv just ordered a 501x.. and heres the surprise... its a Uk one lol..

OMG am i out of my mind lol.....

I actually got a reasonable price for it, and I should have it within 2 days,

Heres the ironic part... Iv just ordered loads of spares for it from Hong kong lol... I used rcmodel.hk as they were reccommended. I did see champs site, but it lost me a little and this site is 100 % english.

Hmmm, just got to figure out where the Novak gtb is going to go lol.

Col....